Royalty free photos by Mike1 – No. 33
Raspberry Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, June 7, 2018.
Raspberry Island Light2
The Raspberry Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the southern part of Raspberry Island, marking the west channel of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield. It was erected in 1862, marking the western channel.
It is said to be one of the few surviving wood framed lighthouses left on Lake Superior. The complex includes a square tower rising up from the attached Lighthouse keeper’s quarters, a brick fog signal building, frame barn, brick oil house, boathouse, two outhouses, and a dock.[3]
The light was automated in 1947 and was later transferred to the National Park Service as part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The original Fresnel lens is on display at the Madeline Island Historical Museum.
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- Wikipedia (accessed 7/28/2018)
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Hi Mike – it’s really pretty … odd thing to say about a lighthouse. I guess raspberries grow on the island … oh I see the lighthouse keeper and his daughter grew them. I see the French traders reached there in the first half of the 1600s … but a delight to see – thanks … Hilary
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